Bicycle-saddle



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J. A. HUNT.

BICYCLE SADDLE.

No. 605,672. PatentedJune 14,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT," OFFICE.

JONATHAN A. HUNT, OF WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

. BICYCLE-SADDLE.-

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,672, dated June 14, 1898.

' Application filed August 21,1897. serum. 49,039. momma.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JONATHAN A. HUNT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Westborough, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Saddles,- of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to saddles for bicycles,

pearance of two raised or cushion surfaces,

and also to provide a spring of improved construction, combined with my saddle, and a clamp of improved construction for securing the spring to the saddle-post, all as will be hereinafter fully describe v Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a saddle embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is aside view of the saddle,looking in the direction of arrow a, Fig. 1, with a portion'of the felt and leather top broken away. Fig. 3 is a bottom view of the saddle. Fig. 4: is atop view of the front end of the saddle and shows the way of attaching the lacing to the adjustablenose-piece. The top of the saddle and the spring are not shown in this figure. Fig. 5 showsthe nose-piece detached and the end of the adjusting-screw which engages therewith. Fig. 6 shows the clamp and a section through the lower spring-rods,taken at a point indicated by line 6 6, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of arrow d, same figure. Fig. 7 is a side or edge view of .the 'olamp,look- Fig. 8 is a vertical section on line 8 8, Fig. 6, looking in the direction ofarrowb, same figure. Fig. 9 is a vertical section on line 9 9, Fig. 7, looking in the direction of arrow c,same figure. Fig. 10 corresponds to Fig. 6, but shows a modified construction of the saddle post clamp device for a post of larger diameter;

and Fig. 11 is a in Fig. 10. p

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the cantle-plate, of the desired shape. 2 is the pommel-plate or plate at the front end of the saddle, which has the adj usting-screw 3 supplan view of the parts shown ported and turning therein. In front of the pommel-plate 2 is the movable end or nose piece 4 of the saddle. The nose-piece 4: has the central solid portion or bar 4. and the two side openings or perforations 4. The sides of the nose-piece 4E extend upwardly above the plane of the central portion 4, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, for the purpose to be hereinafter stated.

The front end 3' of the adjusting-screw 3 extends into a hole5 in the nose-piece 4, and said nose-piece is supported on said adj usting-screw 3 and moves with it toward and away from the pommel-plate 2. Strips of leather or lacing 6 are in this instance secured at their rear ends'to the end portions of the cantle-plate 1 and preferably pass through holes therein and converge at their front ends and pass through the openings 4. in the nosepiece 4 and under the central bar or solid portion at, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to leave the central part of the seat without longitudinal strips. (See Fig. 3.) Two or more transverse strips 6 may be used and interwoven with the strips 6 at the rear part of the saddle, if desired.

'A top or cover 7 extends over the lacingstrips 6 and 6 and is preferably made of a thickness of felt 7 on its under side and a thickness of leather 7" on top. The cover 7 is secured to the cantle-plate l and front end of the saddle by lacing 8 or otherwise and preferably has an opening 9 therethrough and is depressed longitudinally through its central part, as shown at 10,Fig. l, and the cantleplate 1 is recessed at its upper central portion to receive the depression 10 in the cover, so that two elevated or raised portions are made on the saddle.

The upwardly-extending sides of the nosepiece 4 hold up and support the front end of the cover 7, as shown in Fig. 2, on each side of the central depression 10, so that the cover 7 has the appearance of a two-padded or cushion cover.

, I will now describe the spring, which in this extending lengthwise under the saddlethe lower pair 12 and the upper pair 13with two horizontal spiral springs 1-t intermediate their rear ends, as shown, and the rear ends of the upper pair 13 bent to form eyes for the attaching-screws 14;. The forward free ends of the upper pair of rods 13 extend into and are secured to the pommel-plate 2. The forward ends of the lower pair of rods 12 are c0nuected and form the loop 12. The front loop end 12 of the lower pair of rods 12 is in this instance connected with the front ends of the upper pair of rods 13 by a second or supplemental spring 15, which in this instance is made out of one piece of wire bent at its middle portion to form a loop 15, which extends within and looks into the loop 12 at the front ends of the lower pair of rods 12. (See Figs. 2 and 3.) Two vertical spiral coils 15 are formed in the spring 15 and extend on the outside of the lower pair of rods 12, and the free ends of the spring 15 are connected with the upper pair of rods 13 and are in this instance bent around the upper pair of rods 13 to form eyes 15 to slide thereon. (See Fig.3.)

I will now describe the clamp shown in the drawings combined with my saddle to clamp the spring to the saddle post or support. (Not shown.) This clamp is designed particularly to be used on posts of large diameter.

The clamp consists of the external split body or shell 16, preferably of the shape shown in the drawings. The shell 16 has recesses or depressions at its upper inner edges to receive the two rods of the lower pair of rods 12 of the spring and two cars or lugs 16 upon its top surface directly over said recesses to receive and hold the bolt 17, which is used to draw the two portions of the shell 16 toward each other at their upper parts and bind the internal split shell or clamp-jaw 18, extending within the shell lo and split or divided at its upper end 011 the horizontal support of the saddle-post, (not shown,) and the springrods 12 between the clamp 18, which has recesses to receive said rods, and the shell or case 16. The upper side or top of the clamp 18 has projections 18, recessed to receive the bolt 17, as shown in Fig. 8, to hold the clamp 18 in place in the shell. 16. The contiguous surfaces of the lugs 16 on the shell 10' and of the upper part of the clamp 18 are made tapering or beveled, as shown.

If it is desired to use a horizontal support of larger diameter instead of the clamp 18, a clamping-block 19 may be used (shown in Fig. 11) which only extends over the upper side of the horizontal support and does not encircle it, but is recessed in its lower surface to receive the support and in its outer edges to receive the rods of the spring and clamp the same within the outer shell.

The operation of the clamp shown in the drawings and above described will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

By screwing up the nut 17 on the bolt 17 the two upper portions of the external shell 16 are drawn together or toward each other, and at the same time the two upper portions of the internal clamp 18 are brought together or drawn toward each other and at the same time are pressed downwardly by the beveled edges of the lugs or cars 10, riding on the beveled tops of the clamp 18. (See Figs. (5 and 9.) In this way the clamp is rigidly attached to the horizontal support of the saddlepost and the two rods of the spring are rigidly secured in the clamp.

In the modified construction shown in Fig. 11 the clamp plate or block 15) is forced down onto the upper surface of the support and clamps it between said block and the lower part of the shell 10.

It will be understood that the details of construction of the several parts of my saddle may be varied, if desired. ()ther styles of springs and clamps may be used with the saddle or seat proper, if preferred.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a saddle for bicycles, the combination with the cantle-plate, and the pommel-plate, or plate at the front end of the saddle, having an adjusting screw mounted and turning therein, and the spring-rods extending between the cantle-plate and pommel-plate, and secured thereto, of a nose-piece having a hole therein to receive the front end of said adjusting-screw on which it is supported, and a central portion or bar in line with the adjusting-screw, and the two upwardly-extending side portions, each having an opening or perforation therethrough for the passage of the strips of lacing, and the upper ends of said side portions being in a plane above the central bar, and strips of lacing secured to the cantle-plate,and passing through the openings in the nose-piece to extend upon the under side of the central bar thereof, and a cover extending over the lacing, and depressed longitudinally through its central portion, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a spring-support for a bicycle-saddle, the combination with a spring made out of one piece of wire, forming two pairs of integral rods, the lower pair connected and forming a loop at their forward ends, and bent or curved outwardly at their rear ends to form horizontal spiral springs, and the rear ends of the upper pair of rods bent to form eyes for the attaching-screws, and the forward ends disconnected and free, to be attached to the front or pommel of the saddle, of a supplcmental spring, bent at its middle portion to form a loop, to be connected with or locked into the loop at the forward ends of the lower pair of rods of the first-mentioned spring, and having two vertical spiral coils formed therein, intermediate the loop portion and the ends, substantially as shown and described.

3. A clamp for bicycle-saddle springs, etc.

also recessed projection 18 to receive the clamping-bolt, and the contiguous surfaces o of the cars 16, and of the clamp-jaw 18, being tapered or beveled,substantially as shown and described.

, 4 J. A. HUNT.

Witnesses:

J L O. DEWEY, M. J. GALVIN. 

